#BC87E5#BC87E5

#BC87E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.143 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87E5
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 229)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 41%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 37.58, -40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 54.92, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0903 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.143 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.5432, 33.6770, 78.3200)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87E5 #B0E587

analogous

#8D87E5 #BC87E5 #E587DF

triadic

#BC87E5 #E5BC87 #87E5BC

tetradic

#BC87E5 #E58D87 #B0E587 #87DFE5

square

#BC87E5 #E58D87 #B0E587 #87DFE5

split-complementary

#BC87E5 #DFE587 #87E58D

monochromatic

#832BC7 #A055DA #BC87E5 #D8B9F0 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC87E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BC87E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87E5

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87E5	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B795AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.143 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2abed',
    500: '#bc87e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87e5;
$custom-light: #d2abed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87E5

secondary

#E2F0D8

accent

#CC1967

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141016

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87E5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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